The Costs of Recycling Robert B. Laughlin
Dec 12, 2012· [1] The cost of picking up and transporting recyclables can range from 20 to 70 per ton, depending on the length and difficulty of the recycling truck routes, and the budget also has to consider the energy cost of the fossil fuels burned to run these trucks, as well as labor and fuel costs to sort, process, and market the recycled material. [2] ...